Faculty & Research

Laude Institute, a nonprofit research organization, has awarded a “Moonshot” seed grant to a Harvard-led research team building an advanced, AI-supported online platform that allows people across the political spectrum to come together and actually hear each other.

Learning how to accept feedback—even blistering criticism—and gain something from it is an invaluable skill that can make us better at our jobs and even better citizens, argues Harvard Law School professor Sheila Heen JD ’93, a world-renowned expert on negotiation and conflict resolution.

Harvard Medical School professor Stuart Orkin and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute researcher Swee Lay Thein received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work leading to transformative treatments for two inherited blood disorders: sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.

Professor of economics Ludwig Straub has won the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal for his wide-ranging contributions to economic thought and knowledge, including the creation of macroeconomic models that better reflect how people at different levels of wealth and income respond to monetary and fiscal policy.

Research led by Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Christopher Kuzawa shows that the brain’s energy needs peak at age five. Now he’s studying the implications for nutrition, society, and public health.

Julia Minson AB ’99, a behavioral scientist and professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, shares practical strategies for engaging with people we disagree with.

Harvard researchers uncovered how a toxin produced by common gut bacteria damages DNA and may drive mutations linked to colorectal cancer, offering a potential new target for prevention.

Harvard mathematician Lauren Williams AB ’00 has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius grant” recipient — honored for groundbreaking work in algebraic combinatorics with unexpected connections to phenomena like traffic flow and tsunamis.

Within every cell, the genes that define us hold the keys to understanding health and human potential. Harvard scientists are uncovering how these tiny sequences shape who we are—and how they can transform the future of medicine.

After their daughter was diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a rare and life-threatening neurological disorder, the Frost family partnered with Harvard scientists to advance groundbreaking gene-editing research that offers new hope for those affected by AHC and other rare diseases.